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The Eastern
Published by the Students of General Beadle State Teachers College
VOL. 37
MADISON, SOUTH DA KOTA, DECEMBER, 1956
NO. 4
ACE Makes Toys
For Needy Children
For several years it has been a
tradition of the Association for
Childhood Education to put smiles
on the faces of needy children at
Christmas.
This year ACE members again
made stuffed animals, dolls, and
bean bags to give to these boys
and girls.
A committee consisting of Dana
Grimstvedt, Janice Hallowell, and
Louella Doyle selected the needy
families in surrounding communities to whom the toys were sent.
All ACE members came to East
Hall at 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 12 to
join a group that went caroling for
shut-ins in Madison; Martha Lou
Osborne and Joyce Schrepel served as chairmen of the group. Afterward, all members met in the
East Hall parlors and wrapped
the toys which had been made.
Light refreshments were then served by a committee composed of
Carol Amdahl and Bernadette Waltz.
M. D. Haugen is
New Instructor
M. D. Haugen, Fergus Falls,
Minn., took charge of the work in
Industrial Arts at the beginning
of the winter quarter.
Mr. Haugen received his bachelor's degree at Moorhead (Minn.)
State Teachers College in 1952.
Prior to coming here he taught in
Minnesota High Schools.
Mr. Haugen is married and has
a daughter two and one half years
old. He was in the Navy during
the Korean war. Mr. Haugen is a
member of the Lutheran church.
Christmas Most
Celebrated Day in
Samoan Islands
Christmas is the most celebrated day of the year in Samoa, according to Paul Pedro, a Samoan
student in residence here.
Young men and women form
groups and sing Christmas carols
at midnight on Dec. 24 on the
streets and around homes. It is
the custom to offer presents such
as five-foot sugar cane stalks,
money, and articles made of tapa
cloth. Tapa cloth is made from
the bark of a variety of mulberry
tree in the Marquesas Islands.
On Christmas morning a church
service is conducted in every community, and after church, groups
of young people are again organized to go from house to house
and village to village singing,
dancing, and offering Christmas
greetings.
Parents prepare gifts for their
children, the usual ones being
clothes, candy, and tooth brushes.
These gifts are distributed on
Christmas Eve. Toys are given to
the children before Christmas.
After church services, Christmas
Day is usually spent at the homes
of parents. Later young people
gather in groups and again go out
to sing and offer greetings.
The main dish at dinner may be
chop suey, long rice, roast pig,
chicken, or several of these. Samoans do not have desserts.
Samoans never see a ''white
Christmas" unless they go to another land, for there is no snow
in Samoa, not even on a mountain top.
Many families have Christmas
trees. These are generally imported from the United States.
They cost from $25 to $35 each.
Some Samoans do not care to buy
trees at this price; they feel that
the important thing at this season
of the year is the Christmas spirit.
Christmas comes to Samoa at a
time of year when the days are
long. School vacation starts in the
middle of December and lasts ten
weeks. During the first two weeks
both teachers and children are on
vacation, but teachers spend the
rest of the period at institutes.
There is no vacation during June.
STAFF TO SCATTER WIDELY
FOR CHRISTMAS VACATIONS
Many of the faculty members
are planning to be out of town
during the Christmas holidays.
Dr. Donald H. Welsh will spend
his vacation in Glendive, Montana,
and will do some writing.
Miss Edith Guyor plans to visit
her sister in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Madeleine Delzer will be
in North Dakota for the holidays.
She will also spend some time in
Minneapolis, visiting her two foster daughters.
Mrs. Hildred Washburn will go
to Denver, Colorado; M. D. Haugen to Fergus Falls, Minnesota;
and C. E. Sear to Minnesota. Miss
Thelma I. DeForest will go to
South Sioux City, Nebraska, for a
few days.
Miss Alice Montgomery, accompanied by Dr. June Emry, expects to take a conducted tour
through Florida. Staff members who are planning to go to Minneapolis include
Miss Violet Witt, Dr. Hayward
Chaplin, and Robert F. Gee. The
latter will attend a speech convention in Chicago.
The following named staff members will be in Madison during
the vacation: Miss Bernice Nelson, W. P. Bulfer, R. A. Williams,
Homer Engelhorn, Miss Ruth
Habeger, R. M. Rich, P. E. Tyrrell, Dr. Lena J. Myers, Miss Lois
M. Drake, Mrs. Gladys Scovill,
Miss May Hogan, Miss Gertrude
Gill, Miss Genevieve Dorney, S.
K. Lotspeich, Mrs. Colleen Mathison, V. A. Lowry, and Milton Underkoffler. Many of them will be
entertaining friends and relatives
during this time.
Pep Club Organized
On Beadle Campus
A Pep Club was organized on
Dec. 5 under the supervision of
the Student Senate. Approximately 60 persons are members. The
purpose of this club is to have a
more organized pep squad to lead
the cheering at athletic contests.
The club is planning to adopt
some sort of shirt or uniform in
addition to the yellow and blue
beanie caps to distinguish its
members.
Officers elected were: Gene
Hexom, president; Henry Kunkel,
vice-president; and Martha
Schrantz, secretary-treasurer.
Hexom appointed a committee
to select a suitable shirt for club
members. Appointed to this committee were Dana Grimstvedt, Beverly Sorfonden, Norene Tschetter,
Dennis Shaw, and Russell Schultz.
With the help of the other executive officers, Hexom will draw
up a constitution.
The Pep Club is planning to
present special stunts at basketball games and to aid the cheer
leaders in leading yells. The club
is responsible for the noise-makers
and the large school bells that
have been used up to this time.
East Hall Girls
Help TB Ass'n
Thirteen East Hall club girls at
General Beadle college stuffed 4,000 envelopes for the Lake County
Tuberculosis and Health association Monday night.
The girls were Leona Lutgen,
White; Mary Werner, Humboldt;
Ruth Johnson and Beverly Wilts,
Lennox; Myrl Reecy, Madison;
Charlotte Jensen and Dorothy Larson, Wakonda; Karen DeYoung,
Canton; Delores Buseman, Monroe; DeLoris Knutson, Cottonwood,
Minn.; Agnes Schooler, Reliance;
Dorothy Dickens, Harrisburg; and
Leila Larson, Lake Wilson, Minn.
Mrs. R. Milton Rich assisted the girls. After the work was completed, the girls were served lunch at the Rich home. -o- Faculty Club Holds Christmas Dinner The Faculty Club gave its annual Christmas dinner in East
Hall Dining Room on Dec. 13. The
dinner was followed by a program.
Homer Engelhorn, vice-president, was in charge of arrangements. Other officers of the organization are Miss Genevieve
Dorney, president; and Miss Gertrude Gill, secretary-treasurer.
Fall Term's High
Ranking Students
Named by Dean
Students! named to the General
Beadle college Dean's list for the
fall quarter have been announced
by Dean P. E. Tyrrell. The recognition is based on a grade point
average of 2.3 or above on grades
earned during the quarter. Special
honors are accorded seniors who
graduate with an average of 2.5
or above.
The list includes: Freshmen: William Burns, Flandreau; Corrine
Halter, Colman; Donna Hanson,
Hayti; Ruth Johnson, Lennox;
Stan Richter, Parker; Gail Shaw,
Canova, Robert Campbell, Albert
Fuller, Thomas Keough, Robert
McDonald, Marilyns Nelson and
Kaye Rubendall, Madison.
Sophomores: Leo Bergeleen, Wessington Springs; Kathleen Hare,
Wentworth, Gene Hexom, Rutland;
Wallace Hoff, Ramona; Deloris
Jacobson, Valley Springs; Alice
Lenards, Watertown; Carolyn Antoine, Turlare; Shirley Salsonson,
Estelline; Martin Wells, Canistota;
Nyla Leighton, Dana Grimstvedt,
and Raye Campbell, Madison.
Juniors: Wesley Lindblom, Montrose; James Lawler, and Vianne
Stensaas, Howard; Robert Miller,
Colton; Dennis Shaw, Canova;
Carolyn Thompson, Colman; Edward Wickre, Wessington Springs;
Martha Schrantz, Frank Hof and
Esther Gilbertson, Madison,
Seniors: Dorothy Ingalls, Bryant; Mrs. Helen Kirkeby, Sioux
Falls; Gerald Moose, Madison, and
Marvin Olson, Nunda. The Women's Chorus in a scene from Victor Herbert's Light Opera. 'RED MILL' PROVES GREAT SUCCESS
Tommy Keough and Neal Dover,
as two Americans "doing" Europe,
captured most of the applause and
laughs of those who viewed Victor
Herbert's "The Red Mill" at one
of the four performances given
Dec. 4-6. Their acting, singing and
dancing kept the production moving at high speed.
All in all, this comic opera was
the best produced and best all-
round offering yet given by the
college dramatics and music divisions, and Robert Gee, director
of dramatics and dancing, and S.
K. Lotspeich, director of music,
are to be highly commended for
the fine work they did on it, especially since a large number of
the cast had never participated in
such a program before.
Gene Hexom, keeper of the Red
Mill, and Ronnie Budde, the sheriff, did superior work, as they created a true Dutch air for the entire production.
Jacqueline Larson, a French
countess who could not speak English, did a fine piece of work, and
Richard Hollister, an English solicitor, fitted into his part excellently.
Sharol Thompson, as Tina, showed
a sweet, true voice, as did Marilyn Nelson as the Burgomaster's
sister. The duet, "Because You're
You," sung by Marilyn and Robert
King, governor of Zeeland, was
particularly appreciated by the
audience at the last-night production.
Other members of the cast to be
commended for fine performances
include: Don Feistner as the Burgomaster; Pat McCool as Karl
Van Damm, the lover of the Burgomaster's daughter Gretchen,
played by Peggy Scofield, and
Peggy herself; Russell Schultz as
the Lawyer; Mary Jane Houske,
Dana Grimstvedt, Donna Hanson,
Sheryl Messerschmidt, Janice
Erickson, and Bonnie Magness, as
the Village Girls; Darlene Brodland
and Nedra Campbell, as two English girls; Gerald Doering and
Dale DeBoer as two French boys;
Gail Shaw as the First Man; and
Robert Sullivan as the First Servant.
Members of the women's chorus
were: Berniece Addy, Helen Alberts, Anita Berntson, Raye Campbell, Bernice Christensen, Loretta
Eggebraaten, Patricia Gard, Carol
Hildebrandt, Sally Hope, June Jensen, Marlys Johnson, Karen
Kendall, Doris Knutson, Marcie
Koehne, Connie Kraft, Diann McCool, Joyce Olson, Martha Osborne, Joyce Schrepel, JoAnn Tapken, Carol Thompson, and Jane
Tyrrell.
Vernon Albertson, Solo Amosa,
Alfred Anderson, LeRoy Carlson,
Ray Cink, Ronald Frager, Henry
Hauck, Bob Molskness, Paul Pe-
(Page 3, Please)
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU! Did you ever
stop to think how many times these four words have
been used and spoken? Yet today in a world where
slogans and phrases are stressed they still hold to a No.
1 rating. They are as strong, as vivid, as friendly as
they were when first spoken centuries ago. They will
never grow old or be out-rated as long as the true Spirit
of Christmas lives in the hearts of men and as long as
there is decency on earth.
So once again we greet you with four eloquent little
words- MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
V. A. LOWRY,
PRESIDENT

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The Eastern
Published by the Students of General Beadle State Teachers College
VOL. 37
MADISON, SOUTH DA KOTA, DECEMBER, 1956
NO. 4
ACE Makes Toys
For Needy Children
For several years it has been a
tradition of the Association for
Childhood Education to put smiles
on the faces of needy children at
Christmas.
This year ACE members again
made stuffed animals, dolls, and
bean bags to give to these boys
and girls.
A committee consisting of Dana
Grimstvedt, Janice Hallowell, and
Louella Doyle selected the needy
families in surrounding communities to whom the toys were sent.
All ACE members came to East
Hall at 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 12 to
join a group that went caroling for
shut-ins in Madison; Martha Lou
Osborne and Joyce Schrepel served as chairmen of the group. Afterward, all members met in the
East Hall parlors and wrapped
the toys which had been made.
Light refreshments were then served by a committee composed of
Carol Amdahl and Bernadette Waltz.
M. D. Haugen is
New Instructor
M. D. Haugen, Fergus Falls,
Minn., took charge of the work in
Industrial Arts at the beginning
of the winter quarter.
Mr. Haugen received his bachelor's degree at Moorhead (Minn.)
State Teachers College in 1952.
Prior to coming here he taught in
Minnesota High Schools.
Mr. Haugen is married and has
a daughter two and one half years
old. He was in the Navy during
the Korean war. Mr. Haugen is a
member of the Lutheran church.
Christmas Most
Celebrated Day in
Samoan Islands
Christmas is the most celebrated day of the year in Samoa, according to Paul Pedro, a Samoan
student in residence here.
Young men and women form
groups and sing Christmas carols
at midnight on Dec. 24 on the
streets and around homes. It is
the custom to offer presents such
as five-foot sugar cane stalks,
money, and articles made of tapa
cloth. Tapa cloth is made from
the bark of a variety of mulberry
tree in the Marquesas Islands.
On Christmas morning a church
service is conducted in every community, and after church, groups
of young people are again organized to go from house to house
and village to village singing,
dancing, and offering Christmas
greetings.
Parents prepare gifts for their
children, the usual ones being
clothes, candy, and tooth brushes.
These gifts are distributed on
Christmas Eve. Toys are given to
the children before Christmas.
After church services, Christmas
Day is usually spent at the homes
of parents. Later young people
gather in groups and again go out
to sing and offer greetings.
The main dish at dinner may be
chop suey, long rice, roast pig,
chicken, or several of these. Samoans do not have desserts.
Samoans never see a ''white
Christmas" unless they go to another land, for there is no snow
in Samoa, not even on a mountain top.
Many families have Christmas
trees. These are generally imported from the United States.
They cost from $25 to $35 each.
Some Samoans do not care to buy
trees at this price; they feel that
the important thing at this season
of the year is the Christmas spirit.
Christmas comes to Samoa at a
time of year when the days are
long. School vacation starts in the
middle of December and lasts ten
weeks. During the first two weeks
both teachers and children are on
vacation, but teachers spend the
rest of the period at institutes.
There is no vacation during June.
STAFF TO SCATTER WIDELY
FOR CHRISTMAS VACATIONS
Many of the faculty members
are planning to be out of town
during the Christmas holidays.
Dr. Donald H. Welsh will spend
his vacation in Glendive, Montana,
and will do some writing.
Miss Edith Guyor plans to visit
her sister in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mrs. Madeleine Delzer will be
in North Dakota for the holidays.
She will also spend some time in
Minneapolis, visiting her two foster daughters.
Mrs. Hildred Washburn will go
to Denver, Colorado; M. D. Haugen to Fergus Falls, Minnesota;
and C. E. Sear to Minnesota. Miss
Thelma I. DeForest will go to
South Sioux City, Nebraska, for a
few days.
Miss Alice Montgomery, accompanied by Dr. June Emry, expects to take a conducted tour
through Florida. Staff members who are planning to go to Minneapolis include
Miss Violet Witt, Dr. Hayward
Chaplin, and Robert F. Gee. The
latter will attend a speech convention in Chicago.
The following named staff members will be in Madison during
the vacation: Miss Bernice Nelson, W. P. Bulfer, R. A. Williams,
Homer Engelhorn, Miss Ruth
Habeger, R. M. Rich, P. E. Tyrrell, Dr. Lena J. Myers, Miss Lois
M. Drake, Mrs. Gladys Scovill,
Miss May Hogan, Miss Gertrude
Gill, Miss Genevieve Dorney, S.
K. Lotspeich, Mrs. Colleen Mathison, V. A. Lowry, and Milton Underkoffler. Many of them will be
entertaining friends and relatives
during this time.
Pep Club Organized
On Beadle Campus
A Pep Club was organized on
Dec. 5 under the supervision of
the Student Senate. Approximately 60 persons are members. The
purpose of this club is to have a
more organized pep squad to lead
the cheering at athletic contests.
The club is planning to adopt
some sort of shirt or uniform in
addition to the yellow and blue
beanie caps to distinguish its
members.
Officers elected were: Gene
Hexom, president; Henry Kunkel,
vice-president; and Martha
Schrantz, secretary-treasurer.
Hexom appointed a committee
to select a suitable shirt for club
members. Appointed to this committee were Dana Grimstvedt, Beverly Sorfonden, Norene Tschetter,
Dennis Shaw, and Russell Schultz.
With the help of the other executive officers, Hexom will draw
up a constitution.
The Pep Club is planning to
present special stunts at basketball games and to aid the cheer
leaders in leading yells. The club
is responsible for the noise-makers
and the large school bells that
have been used up to this time.
East Hall Girls
Help TB Ass'n
Thirteen East Hall club girls at
General Beadle college stuffed 4,000 envelopes for the Lake County
Tuberculosis and Health association Monday night.
The girls were Leona Lutgen,
White; Mary Werner, Humboldt;
Ruth Johnson and Beverly Wilts,
Lennox; Myrl Reecy, Madison;
Charlotte Jensen and Dorothy Larson, Wakonda; Karen DeYoung,
Canton; Delores Buseman, Monroe; DeLoris Knutson, Cottonwood,
Minn.; Agnes Schooler, Reliance;
Dorothy Dickens, Harrisburg; and
Leila Larson, Lake Wilson, Minn.
Mrs. R. Milton Rich assisted the girls. After the work was completed, the girls were served lunch at the Rich home. -o- Faculty Club Holds Christmas Dinner The Faculty Club gave its annual Christmas dinner in East
Hall Dining Room on Dec. 13. The
dinner was followed by a program.
Homer Engelhorn, vice-president, was in charge of arrangements. Other officers of the organization are Miss Genevieve
Dorney, president; and Miss Gertrude Gill, secretary-treasurer.
Fall Term's High
Ranking Students
Named by Dean
Students! named to the General
Beadle college Dean's list for the
fall quarter have been announced
by Dean P. E. Tyrrell. The recognition is based on a grade point
average of 2.3 or above on grades
earned during the quarter. Special
honors are accorded seniors who
graduate with an average of 2.5
or above.
The list includes: Freshmen: William Burns, Flandreau; Corrine
Halter, Colman; Donna Hanson,
Hayti; Ruth Johnson, Lennox;
Stan Richter, Parker; Gail Shaw,
Canova, Robert Campbell, Albert
Fuller, Thomas Keough, Robert
McDonald, Marilyns Nelson and
Kaye Rubendall, Madison.
Sophomores: Leo Bergeleen, Wessington Springs; Kathleen Hare,
Wentworth, Gene Hexom, Rutland;
Wallace Hoff, Ramona; Deloris
Jacobson, Valley Springs; Alice
Lenards, Watertown; Carolyn Antoine, Turlare; Shirley Salsonson,
Estelline; Martin Wells, Canistota;
Nyla Leighton, Dana Grimstvedt,
and Raye Campbell, Madison.
Juniors: Wesley Lindblom, Montrose; James Lawler, and Vianne
Stensaas, Howard; Robert Miller,
Colton; Dennis Shaw, Canova;
Carolyn Thompson, Colman; Edward Wickre, Wessington Springs;
Martha Schrantz, Frank Hof and
Esther Gilbertson, Madison,
Seniors: Dorothy Ingalls, Bryant; Mrs. Helen Kirkeby, Sioux
Falls; Gerald Moose, Madison, and
Marvin Olson, Nunda. The Women's Chorus in a scene from Victor Herbert's Light Opera. 'RED MILL' PROVES GREAT SUCCESS
Tommy Keough and Neal Dover,
as two Americans "doing" Europe,
captured most of the applause and
laughs of those who viewed Victor
Herbert's "The Red Mill" at one
of the four performances given
Dec. 4-6. Their acting, singing and
dancing kept the production moving at high speed.
All in all, this comic opera was
the best produced and best all-
round offering yet given by the
college dramatics and music divisions, and Robert Gee, director
of dramatics and dancing, and S.
K. Lotspeich, director of music,
are to be highly commended for
the fine work they did on it, especially since a large number of
the cast had never participated in
such a program before.
Gene Hexom, keeper of the Red
Mill, and Ronnie Budde, the sheriff, did superior work, as they created a true Dutch air for the entire production.
Jacqueline Larson, a French
countess who could not speak English, did a fine piece of work, and
Richard Hollister, an English solicitor, fitted into his part excellently.
Sharol Thompson, as Tina, showed
a sweet, true voice, as did Marilyn Nelson as the Burgomaster's
sister. The duet, "Because You're
You," sung by Marilyn and Robert
King, governor of Zeeland, was
particularly appreciated by the
audience at the last-night production.
Other members of the cast to be
commended for fine performances
include: Don Feistner as the Burgomaster; Pat McCool as Karl
Van Damm, the lover of the Burgomaster's daughter Gretchen,
played by Peggy Scofield, and
Peggy herself; Russell Schultz as
the Lawyer; Mary Jane Houske,
Dana Grimstvedt, Donna Hanson,
Sheryl Messerschmidt, Janice
Erickson, and Bonnie Magness, as
the Village Girls; Darlene Brodland
and Nedra Campbell, as two English girls; Gerald Doering and
Dale DeBoer as two French boys;
Gail Shaw as the First Man; and
Robert Sullivan as the First Servant.
Members of the women's chorus
were: Berniece Addy, Helen Alberts, Anita Berntson, Raye Campbell, Bernice Christensen, Loretta
Eggebraaten, Patricia Gard, Carol
Hildebrandt, Sally Hope, June Jensen, Marlys Johnson, Karen
Kendall, Doris Knutson, Marcie
Koehne, Connie Kraft, Diann McCool, Joyce Olson, Martha Osborne, Joyce Schrepel, JoAnn Tapken, Carol Thompson, and Jane
Tyrrell.
Vernon Albertson, Solo Amosa,
Alfred Anderson, LeRoy Carlson,
Ray Cink, Ronald Frager, Henry
Hauck, Bob Molskness, Paul Pe-
(Page 3, Please)
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU! Did you ever
stop to think how many times these four words have
been used and spoken? Yet today in a world where
slogans and phrases are stressed they still hold to a No.
1 rating. They are as strong, as vivid, as friendly as
they were when first spoken centuries ago. They will
never grow old or be out-rated as long as the true Spirit
of Christmas lives in the hearts of men and as long as
there is decency on earth.
So once again we greet you with four eloquent little
words- MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
V. A. LOWRY,
PRESIDENT